The World Poker Tour makes its first US stop of the 2025 season at Thunder Valley’s TVPokerRoom in northern California Feb. 24 – March 19 for the annual Rolling Thunder Festival.
PokerLiveUpdates is in its 13th year providing in-house live tournament coverage of all TVPokerRoom-hosted series events, and ew’ll be onsite every day of the three-week-long festival.
The highlight of the Festival is the $3,500 WPT Rolling Thunder Championship March 16-19, featuring a single 8-hour Day 1 on Sunday, March 16. Unlimited-entry registration stays open through the first two levels Monday, March 17 on Day 2, playing on Day 3 down to the final table, with livestreamed Final Table action taking place Wednesday, March 19.
Special WPT Festival Hotel rates are available now – book soon as the rooms go fast. Choose Group Block Code from the dropdown menu and enter 250227WPTP for the best available deals for the entire Festival.
Other major tournaments in the WPT Rolling Thunder Festival include:
- a $1 Million Guarantee on DeepStack Thunder Valley, a four-flight $1,100 offered March 7-10 on the middle weekend of the three-week-long Festival.
- Opening weekend – Feb. 27-March 2 – provides players a $500,000 Guarantee on the five-flight $500 Launch.
Players can win an entry to all the featured weekend events – our $3,500 WPT Rolling Thunder Championship, $1 Million Guarantee $1,100 DeepStack Thunder Valley AND $500k GTD $500 Launch – for as little as $160 by qualifying opening week for the Feb. 26 WPT Package $800 Satellite, where 10 Packages with $5,100 worth of tournament entries are guaranteed.
Five different tournaments offer $100,000 Guarantees during the 2025 WPT Rolling Thunder Festival, including:
- $1,500 Bounty Confidential – March 17-18
- $1,100 Leaning Tower of Chips – March 13-14
- $1,100 NorCal Jacked Stack – March 11-14
- $500 OneDay$100K – March 10
- $300 Action8 – March 3-6
Additional tournaments include a $50,000 GTD $1,100 Savage Average on the final two days of the Festival; Mixed Game offerings including HEROS, TOE, Omaha 8, PLO and Big O, with entries ranging from $300-$1,100; along with an assortment of NLH Freezeouts, Single Re-entry, and Unlimited-entry options across the three weeks of the Festival.
Players looking to win their way into one of more events during the Festival can find more than 240 tournament entries guaranteed in satellites starting at just $120.
Dan is the founder of PokerLiveUpdates, a veteran poker tournament reporter who can be found wandering somewhat aimlessly through tournament arenas worldwide. As a founding member of FunTour2.0, he searches for the best in craft beer at all locations in the poker world.
